Moving your Joomla site from one server to another.

Written by Matt on 9 November 2009

To move your Joomla! site from either one folder to another or one server to another, here are a few basics.
* Copy over your files, either via ftp or SSH/command line
* Backup and then restore your database – perhaps using phpmyadmin or SSH/command line
(this step only needed if moving site from one server to another.
* Edit your configuration.php file to reflect the new values. Specifically the following:

Quote

$josConfig_user = ‘joomla_joomla’;
$josConfig_password = ‘password’;
$josConfig_db = ‘joomla_joomla’;
$josConfig_absolute_path = ‘/home/joomla/public_html’;
$josConfig_live_site = ‘http://www.joomla.org‘;
$josConfig_cachepath = ‘/your absolute path/cache’;

Note: You may also need to ensure you have configured your .htaccess file in the new location.

About the Author

Matthew King is the excessively caffeinated head of customer service and system administrator for JoomlaJunkie. He loves paintball and dry humor. Matt also sells web hosting and does website design at ColumbusGEEK.com. He is based in Columbus, Ohio (USA).